UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424

    Published: 4 Aug 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12424
    Aliases:
    USN-5254-1

    Summary:

    Details: In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors. This crosses a privilege boundary in, for example, certain web-hosting environments in which a Control Panel allows an unprivileged user account to create subaccounts.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12424, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5254-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12424

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shadow

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu6
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu7
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu8
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.2
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High